ncursesw-morphos/man/form_cursor.3x
Thomas E. Dickey e5d1530ca2 ncurses 6.2 - patch 20201017
+ improve manpage typography.
+ improve discussion in curs_addch.3x of the use of unctrl to display
  nonprintable characters.
+ add a note in terminfo.5 explaining that no-parameter strings such
  as sgr0 or cnorm should not be used with tparm.
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.TH form_cursor 3X ""
.SH NAME
\fBpos_form_cursor\fR \- position a form window cursor
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB#include <form.h>\fR
.sp
\fBint pos_form_cursor(FORM *\fP\fIform\fP\fB);\fP
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
The function \fBpos_form_cursor\fR restores the cursor to the position required
for the forms driver to continue processing requests.
This is useful after
\fBcurses\fR routines have been called to do screen-painting in response to a
form operation.
.SH RETURN VALUE
This routine returns one of the following:
.TP 5
.B E_OK
The routine succeeded.
.TP 5
.B E_BAD_ARGUMENT
Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
.TP 5
.B E_NOT_POSTED
The form has not been posted.
.TP 5
.B E_SYSTEM_ERROR
System error occurred (see \fBerrno\fR(3)).
.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBform\fR(3X).
.SH NOTES
The header file \fB<form.h>\fR automatically includes the header file
\fB<curses.h>\fR.
.SH PORTABILITY
These routines emulate the System V forms library.
They were not supported on
Version 7 or BSD versions.
.SH AUTHORS
Juergen Pfeifer.
Manual pages and adaptation for new curses by Eric S. Raymond.